The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-15

| morning. "A number Oh CltlLeHS,
both Prohi's and Ants, visited the station
house Saturday night upon hearing of the
large number of arrests, and several ami
mated discussions ensued. The Prohi's
laid it all to the return of whisky into the
city, while the Ants claimed that the Ants
had not yet had an opportunity of straight
ening out matters
FLORIDA
Ten wild cat skins have been brought to
the County Judges office at Orlando so far
this month.
A new kiln of 100, 900 brick was opened at
Sauble the other day, all first rate brick.
The brick clay now being worked at Sauble
has hardly trace of lime in it, it is said
Jose Garzon, of st. Augustine, was in
Gainesville the latter part of last week at
which time he completed arrangements for
starting and operating a cigar factory there.
H. H. Williams, of North City, St Johns
county, day or two ago refused an offer of
$40, 900 for his flower garden. The offer
was bona fide and rendered by Northern
capitalists.
A county meeting of the Farmers Union
of Suwannee county will be held at Tiger
Lake, five miles from Live Oak, Dec II,
beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Each local union is requested to send ten
delegates.
Arrangements are being made to have a
| Christmas tree for the inmates of the State
insane asylum at Chattahoochee. Those
| friendly to the object are requested to con-
! tribute something to put on the tree. Any
little present, picture book, toy doll or any
| thing that would amuse or entertain child
is received with the greatest delight by these
unfortunate lunatics, who are like grown
up babies.
| At Seville Tuesday the Volusia County
| Press Association visited Col. w. Grayson
Manns siXty-acre gardens and other fine
farms, and were highly entertained at every
| stopping place. The most important bust
ness traa sacted by the association Tuesday
was the organization of Press Brother
hood. This is a secret fraternity rapidly
spreading in all parts of the country. Rev.
l.. B. Plummer, of the Baptist Witness, a
Deputy Patriarch, conferred the degrees
upon tho charter members. b. M. Miller,
of Seville, was elected Patriarch.
Capt. James w. Fitzgerald, for many
years identified with the Plant system of
Steamboats,, has sent in his resignation as
the agent in Jacksonville of the Peoples
line of steamers and Superintendent of the
Plant steamship line between Tampa, Key
West and Havana, to take effect Jan. l.
Capt Fitzgerald intends embarking in the
real estate business. He has bought half
interest in the business of A. W. Bars, and
will enter actively into the buying and sell
ing of Florida land upon the date of the ex
piration of his service with the above named
company.
While loading car with orange boxes
Monday morning, at Rochelle, Charley
Halle, express messenger between Gaines
vile and Punta Gorda, met with serious
accident In putting heavy box in the car
his foot slipped, throwing him down be-
tween the platform and the car, distance
of feet. The box of oranges fell on top of
his head and neck, infiicting deep and ugly
looking cuts. An examination revealed
that while his head is badly cut and bruised,
some of the veins in his neck are completely
severed. 1t is thought that proper care
will bring him around all right in the course
of two or three weeks.
Sixteen miles south of Palatka, by the ST.
Johns river, is located a small village called
Satsuma- Just south of and adjoining this
village, on the east bank of the river, is an
orange grove of ], 800 trees of different
varieties of oranges, mandarins and tan
gerines. The trees are literally loaded with
fruit; the oranges hang in clusters like
grapes, and the clusters are as large as a
water pail. Many of the limbs are bent
over from the weight of the fruit so that
the orarges lay on the ground. This grove
belongs to DR.. j. ID. Henion, of Rochester,
n. Y, and is unquestionably the finest
grove in the State of its age.
A cow belonging to Col. j. H. Weeks, of
Mikesville, Columbia county, dropped calf
Monday, which exhibited a strange freak of
nature. 1t had two heads and eight legs
and feet. 1t was a very fine sized calf, very
broad where the neck is joined to the body,
and from this broad neck depended two
heads, each with two eyes, two ears, one
mouth and nostrils; in fact, two complete
heads hung the same as any cows head
The hind legs at the upper part of the thigh
were single, but just above the knee they
divided, forming two complete legs to each,
of equal length, with lower hook joints and
hoofs. The front legs also divided above
the knee JOINT, forming four front legs,
making in all, as stated above, two heads
and eight legs, No one knows whether it
was alive or dead when dropped. When
found the calf was dead and somewhat torn
by buzzards.
been made whereby John Teemer, John Nc
Kay and AL Hamm agree to give series of
sculling exhibitions in Florida during the
first two months of the new year. The ar
rangements have been made with the Florida
Southern railway, along the line of which
the exhibitions are to take place. They will
leave for the land of flowers in about two
weeks, going direct to Jacksonville where
they will be taken in charge by one of the
officials of the Florida Southern railway
who will conduct the trio to Punta Gorda,
the terminus of the road. Tho place
mentioned is situated on Charlotte Bay,
at the mouth of Peace river and here are to
take place two races in February, for which
the company hang up prize of $1,000, to
be divided in the usual proportion. Previous
to these races the oalsmen will give exhl-
billions in different parts of the State, and
should the Punta Gorda affair prove as sue
cessful as anticipated by the projectors, sim
liar events will be held at Lake Weir and
Palatka. Other scullers may be hereafter
engaged for the Florida campaign. OF
course, if Teemer should hear favorably
from Bubear, that may operate to cause a
disarrangement of present plans, but that
is a very remote pc sibility.
A. M. Lyon, former President and owner
of the JAG Ssonville and st. Augustine rail
road, arrived at St Augustine Monday. reg
istering at the Magnolia Hotel The object
of his visit is TO obtain possession of his two
children, Ollin and Bebi, now in the custody
of their mother, Mrs. Capela, Mr.. Lyons
divorced wife. The history of the scandal
resulting in the granting of the bill of abso-
lutte divorce to Mr. Lyon is still fresh in the
minds of the citizens. Mrs. Lyon, in order
to hide her disgrace, married one Matthias
| Capella an ignorant teamster. Although